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Points for using the word, “feckless”.
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Definition of feckless
1 : weak, ineffective
She can't rely on her
feckless son.
2 : worthless, irresponsible
a
feckless maneuver that could only serve to strengthen the enemy —Simon Schama
— fecklessly adverb
— fecklessness noun
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Did You Know?
Someone feckless is lacking in feck. And what, you may ask, is
feck?
Feck is a Scots term that means "
effect" or "
majority" and comes from an alteration of the Middle English
effect.
So something without
feck is
without effect, or ineffective. In the past,
feckful (meaning "
efficient," "
sturdy," or "
powerful") made an occasional appearance. But in this case, the weak has outlived the strong:
feckless is a commonly used English word, but
feckful has fallen out of use.
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https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/feckless